Issue No 89 | 23 March 2001 | |
NewsHuman Smirk Returns to Spiritual Home
The HR Nichols Society, the group which pioneered radical union-busting tactics in the 1980s - will welcome back their favourite son, Treasurer Peter Costello, over the weekend.
The Society may have fallen from its position of dominance in the IR debate, but it will still pull a congo-line of Tory support when it holds its 22nd Conference at Fairfield this weekend. Costello, who made his name busting the meatworkers union at Mudginburra, will be on hand to present the inaugural Charles Copeman Medal to Barry and Moera Hammond "for distinguished service to the cause of freedom in the labour market." Their achievement? Preventing their shearers becoming employees so they could join the AWU. Congratulations, Barry and Moera! After the handshakes and photos, Workers Friend tony Abbott will regale the Swociety with his address titled "an address on workplace relations and values". As they say on SBS, can't wait for that one.
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Interview: Paddy Takes the Helm Irish, internationalist, republican, socialist & seafarer - Paddy Crumlin intends taking the old traditions of the labour left into the 21st century, the community and cyberspace. Unions: Breaking the Mould Mark Hearn looks at how women union delegates are helping to change the culture in the traditionally male bastion of glassworking. Legal: Washing Their Hands Mark Morey outlines how Liberal neglect of the working visa system has led to exploitation of guest workers. International: Violence Betrays Shangri-La Shangri-La hotel union members carrying a coffin marked Robert Kuok have been assaulted and beaten by police in Jakarta. Economics: Corporations: Different Than You and Me Corporations are fundamentally different than you and me. That's a simple truth that Big Business leaders desperately hope the public will not perceive. History: The Steel Octopus Be prepared for a flood of Nostalgia from the media about the �Big Australian�, as it prepares to flee our shores and finally internationalise its digging operations. Workers won�t forget BHP�s less than worker friendly past and present (and no doubt it�s future). Review: Mean Nation John Allen charts the fall and fall of philanthropy in Australian society. Satire: Ryan 'A Big Wake-Up Call For Me': Beazley The narrow victory to Labor in the Ryan by-election has delivered a big slap in the face to Leader of the Opposition Kim Beazley.
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